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1. Exertion of muscular strength, or bodily exertion which occasions weariness; particularly, the exertion of the limbs in occupations by which subsistence is obtained, as in agriculture and manufactures, in distinction from exertions of strength in play or amusements, which are denominated exercise, rather than labor. Toilsome work; pains; travail; any bodily exertion which is attended with fatigue. After the labors of the day, the farmer retires, and rest is sweet. Moderate labor contributes to health.

What is obtained by labor will of right be the property of him by whose labor it is gained.

2. Intellectual exertion; application of the mind which occasions weariness; as the labor of compiling and writing a history.

3. Exertion of mental powers, united with bodily employment; as the labors of the apostles in propagating christianity.

4. Work done, or to be done; that which requires wearisome exertion.

Being a labor of so great difficulty, the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for.

5. Heroic achievement; as the labors of Hercules.

6. Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.

7. The evils of life; trials; persecution, &c.

They rest from their labors - Rev. 14.

LA'BOR, v.i. [L. laboro.]

1. To exert muscular strength; to act or move with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.

Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work - Ex. 20.

2. To exert one's powers of body or mind, or both, in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.

Labor not for the meat which perisheth. John 6.

3. To toil; to be burdened.

Come unto me all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. 11.

4. To move with difficulty.

The stone that labors up the hill.

5. To move irregularly with little progress; to pitch and roll heavily; as a ship in a turbulent sea.

6. To be in distress; to be pressed.

- As sounding cymbals aid the laboring moon.

7. To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth.

8. To journey or march.

Make not all the people to labor thither. Josh. 7.

9. To perform the duties of the pastoral office. 1Tim. 5.

10. To perform christian offices.

To labor under, to be afflicted with; to be burdened or distressed with; as, to labor under a disease or an affliction.

LA'BOR, v.t.

1. To work at; to till; to cultivate.

The most excellent lands are lying fallow, or only labored by children.

2. To prosecute with effort; to urge; as, to labor a point or argument.

3. To form or fabricate with exertion; as, to labor arms for Troy.

4. To beat; to belabor. [The latter word is generally used.]

5. To form with toil and care; as a labored composition.

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LA'BOR, n. [L. labor, from labo, to fail.]

1. Exertion of muscular strength, or bodily exertion which occasions weariness; particularly, the exertion of the limbs in occupations by which subsistence is obtained, as in agriculture and manufactures, in distinction from exertions of strength in play or amusements, which are denominated exercise, rather than labor. Toilsome work; pains; travail; any bodily exertion which is attended with fatigue. After the labors of the day, the farmer retires, and rest is sweet. Moderate labor contributes to health.

What is obtained by labor will of right be the property of him by whose labor it is gained.

2. Intellectual exertion; application of the mind which occasions weariness; as the labor of compiling and writing a history.

3. Exertion of mental powers, united with bodily employment; as the labors of the apostles in propagating christianity.

4. Work done, or to be done; that which requires wearisome exertion.

Being a labor of so great difficulty, the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for.

5. Heroic achievement; as the labors of Hercules.

6. Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.

7. The evils of life; trials; persecution, &c.

They rest from their labors - Rev. 14.

LA'BOR, v.i. [L. laboro.]

1. To exert muscular strength; to act or move with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.

Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work - Ex. 20.

2. To exert one's powers of body or mind, or both, in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.

Labor not for the meat which perisheth. John 6.

3. To toil; to be burdened.

Come unto me all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matt. 11.

4. To move with difficulty.

The stone that labors up the hill.

5. To move irregularly with little progress; to pitch and roll heavily; as a ship in a turbulent sea.

6. To be in distress; to be pressed.

- As sounding cymbals aid the laboring moon.

7. To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth.

8. To journey or march.

Make not all the people to labor thither. Josh. 7.

9. To perform the duties of the pastoral office. 1Tim. 5.

10. To perform christian offices.

To labor under, to be afflicted with; to be burdened or distressed with; as, to labor under a disease or an affliction.

LA'BOR, v.t.

1. To work at; to till; to cultivate.

The most excellent lands are lying fallow, or only labored by children.

2. To prosecute with effort; to urge; as, to labor a point or argument.

3. To form or fabricate with exertion; as, to labor arms for Troy.

4. To beat; to belabor. [The latter word is generally used.]

5. To form with toil and care; as a labored composition.

LA'BOR, n. [L. labor, from labo, to fail.]

Exertion of muscular strength, or bodily exertion which occasions weariness; particularly, the exertion of the limbs in occupations by which subsistence is obtained, as in agriculture and manufactures, in distinction from exertions of strength in play or amusements, which are denominated exercise rather than labor. Toilsome work; pains; travail; any bodily exertion which is attended with fatigue. After the labors of the day, the farmer retires, and rest is sweet. Moderate labor contributes to health.
What is obtained by labor, will of right be the property of him by whose labor it is gained. Rambler.

Intellectual exertion; application of the mind which occasions weariness; as, the labor of compiling and writing a history.

Exertion of mental powers, united with bodily employment; as, the labors of the apostles in propagating Christianity.

Work done, or to be done; that which requires wearisome exertion.
Being a labor of so great difficulty, the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for. – Hooker.

Heroic achievement; as, the labors of Hercules.

Travail; the pangs and efforts of childbirth.

The evils of life; trials; persecution, &c.
They rest from their labors. Rev. xiv.

LA'BOR, v.i. [L. laboro.]

To exert muscular strength; to act or move with painful effort, particularly in servile occupations; to work; to toil.
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work. Exod. xx.

To exert one's powers of body or mind, or both, in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.
Labor not for the meat which perisheth. John vi.

To toil; to be burdened.
Come unto me all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. – Matth. xi.

To move with difficulty.
The stone that labors up the hill. – Glanville.

To move irregularly with little progress; to pitch and roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea. – Mar. Dict.

To be in distress; to be pressed.
As sounding cymbals aid the laboring moon. – Dryden.

To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth.

To journey or march.
Make not all the people to labor thither. – Josh. vii.

To perform the duties of the pastoral office. – 1 Tim. v.

To perform Christian offices.
To labor under, to be afflicted with; to be burdened or distressed with; as, to labor under a disease or an affliction.

LA'BOR, v.t.

To work at; to till; to cultivate.
The most excellent lands are lying fallow, or only labored by children. – Tooke.

To prosecute with effort; to urge; as, to labor a point or argument.

To form or fabricate with exertion; as, to labor arms for Troy. – Dryden.

God hath setLabor and rest, as day and night, to men
Successive.Milton.

To exert muscular
strength] to exert one's strength with painful effort, particularly
in servile occupations; to work; to toil.

Adam, well may we labor still to dress
This garden.Milton.

To work at; to work; to
till; to cultivate by toil.

The most excellent lands are lying fallow, or only
labored by children.W. Tooke.

A
stope or set of stopes.

[Sp. Amer.]

Intellectual exertion; mental effort; as,
the labor of compiling a history.

To exert one's powers of mind in the
prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.

To form or fabricate with toil, exertion,
or care.

"To labor arms for Troy." Dryden.

That which requires hard work for its
accomplishment; that which demands effort.

Being a labor of so great a difficulty, the
exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look
for.Hooker.

To be oppressed with difficulties or
disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially
hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a
burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with
of.

The stone that labors up the hill.Granville.

The line too labors,and the words move
slow.Pope.

To cure the disorder under which he
labored.Sir W. Scott.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest.Matt. xi. 28

To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to
urge strenuously; as, to labor a point or argument.

Travail; the pangs and efforts of
childbirth.

The queen's in labor,
They say, in great extremity; and feared
She'll with the labor end.Shak.

To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of
childbirth.

To belabor; to beat.

[Obs.]
Dryden.

Any pang or distress.

Shak.

To pitch or roll heavily,
as a ship in a turbulent sea.

Totten.

The pitching or tossing of
a vessel which results in the straining of timbers and
rigging.

A measure of land in Mexico and
Texas, equivalent to an area of 177***frac17] acres.

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LA'BOR, noun [Latin labor from labo, to fail.]

1. Exertion of muscular strength, or bodily exertion which occasions weariness; particularly, the exertion of the limbs in occupations by which subsistence is obtained, as in agriculture and manufactures, in distinction from exertions of strength in play or amusements, which are denominated exercise, rather than labor Toilsome work; pains; travail; any bodily exertion which is attended with fatigue. After the labors of the day, the farmer retires, and rest is sweet. Moderate labor contributes to health.

What is obtained by labor will of right be the property of him by whose labor it is gained.

2. Intellectual exertion; application of the mind which occasions weariness; as the labor of compiling and writing a history.

3. Exertion of mental powers, united with bodily employment; as the labors of the apostles in propagating christianity.

4. Work done, or to be done; that which requires wearisome exertion.

Being a labor of so great difficulty, the exact performance thereof we may rather wish than look for.

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SHRINK, v.i. pret. and pp. shrunk. the old pret. shrank and pp. shrunken are nearly obsolete.

To contract spontaneously; to draw or be drawn into less length, breadth or compass by an inherent power; as, woolen cloth shrinks in hot water; a flaxen of hempen line shrinks in a humid atmosphere. Many substances shrink by drying.

2. To shrivel; to become wrinkled by contraction; as th eskin.

3. To withdraw or retire, as from danger; to decline action from fear. A brave man never shrinks from danger; a good man does not shrink from duty.

4. To recoil, as in fear, horror or distress. My mind shrinks from the recital of our woes.

What happier natures shrink at with affright,

The hard inhabitant contends is right. Pope.

5. To express fear, horror or pain by shrugging or contracting the body.

SHRINK, v.t. to cause to contract; as, to shrink by immersing it in boiling water.

O mighty Cesar, dost thou lie so low!

Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils,

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